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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999) (TV)
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18 April 1999 (USA) morePlot:
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
Not quite as inspirational and clear as the book, but just as powerful! moreCast
(Credited cast)| Diahann Carroll | ... | Sadie Delany | |
| Ruby Dee | ... | Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany | |
| Amy Madigan | ... | Amy Hill Hearth | |
| Lisa Arrindell Anderson | ... | Sadie in her 20s | |
| Audra McDonald | ... | Bessie in her 20s | |
| Mykelti Williamson | ... | Papa Delany | |
| Lonette McKee | ... | Mama Delany | |
| Richard Roundtree | ... | Booker T. Washington | |
| Della Reese | ... | Martha Logan | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Cameron Arnett | ... | Lemuel | |
| Nate Bynum | |||
| Brandon Crawford | ... | Bag Boy | |
| Annie Joe Edwards | ... | New tenant | |
| Carter Gaston | ... | Manross Delaney | |
| Micki Grant | ... | Actress playing Sadie on Broadway | |
| Kiara Harris | ... | Sadie, age 7 | |
| April Jones | ... | Harriet | |
| Rebecca Koon | ... | Miss Moseley | |
| Patty Mack | ... | Mildred | |
| Lizan Mitchell | ... | Actress playing Bessie on Broadway | |
| Terry Nienhuis | ... | Mr. Milliam | |
| Haleigh Porter | ... | Bessie, age 5 | |
| Clifton Powell | |||
| Alison Robertson | ... | Teacher | |
| Bumper Robinson | ... | Frank | |
| Christopher Simmons | |||
| Bobby Tyson | ... | Hap | |
| Alex Van | ... | Drunk White Man | |
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While this movie is based on the first book the Delany sisters did together, certain parts of it - Sadie tricking her way into teaching at a school, and the sisters seeing themselves on Broadway - weren't revealed until Sadie published her own book "On My Own at 107" four years later. moreFAQ
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A powerful adaptation of the best-selling book and the smash Broadway play about the lives of Bessie and Sadie Delany, two "colored" sisters who lived past the age of 100. Wonderfully played in their old age by Ruby Dee and Diahann Carroll, respectively, they tell their story in flashbacks to Amy Hill Hearth (played by Amy Madigan), a white New York Times reporter. The flashback and present-day scenes don't have as much inspirational value in them as in the book, but really are powerful. However, certain aspects of the sisters' lives, such as the inter-racial background of their mother and the reasons behind their father's stern personality are not presented clearly. You need to read the book to fully understand these things. Which is just as well, because the book's just as great! Aside from those flaws, it's wonderfully done and performed, especially by Dee and Carroll, and a very powerful and educational movie.